What Hans said. The ranks are generally what you'd expect, but you won't know how quickly you'll move through them. I figure you need a bit of adventure, especially as you get to set your own title by the point the group memberships kick in.

You can make your title be whatever you'd like now Jube, since you've reached 220 posts. And you can join any usergroup you wish as well, which'll determine your rank. My only suggestion is to not have your title be in all caps.

I went back and fixed it Cheryl, didn't realise at time that I had the "Caps Lock" on. Done now. Thanks for the reminder.

just a quick question on why some posts don't seem to count...I am currently a shipfish with 105 posts but I have posted at least 4 or more posts and am staying at 105...This seems odd to me because previously the title changed almost immediately...What types of posts count at fractions or not at all?

I thought the Games and Misc did not count but I also thought some of the introduction threads did not count either...maybe they are ones that get subtracted...I try to post in other discussions but I no longer have any of Anne's books except the Pern ones. Lost the Talent series in our move to TN...

Yes, unless you are unfortunate enough to reach 220 posts just before I move things to archives. The board does promotions once or twice an hour, so there is a small gap into which you could fall if you were most unlucky.

What Kater said. Posts in the Games and Miscellany forum do not count in your post total.

Also, every few months I shift topics from the Library Cafe to the Cafe Archives, and those posts get removed from your post total.

...Or if you're (un)lucky enough to post in an archived topic... I noticed this when Hans archived that fanfic topic I stupidly didn't split at first, then realizrd the benefits of splitting, and (typical me) decided not to wait for you guys to split the fic off...

From the Weyr and from the Bowl
Bronze and Brown and Blue and Green,
Rise the dragonmen of Pern,
Aloft, on wing, seen, then unseen.
Dragonman avoid excess
Greed will bring the Weyr distress;
To the ancient Laws adhere,
Prospers thus the Dragon-weyr.

From the Weyr and from the Bowl
Bronze and Brown and Blue and Green,
Rise the dragonmen of Pern,
Aloft, on wing, seen, then unseen.
Dragonman avoid excess
Greed will bring the Weyr distress;
To the ancient Laws adhere,
Prospers thus the Dragon-weyr.

From the Weyr and from the Bowl
Bronze and Brown and Blue and Green,
Rise the dragonmen of Pern,
Aloft, on wing, seen, then unseen.
Dragonman avoid excess
Greed will bring the Weyr distress;
To the ancient Laws adhere,
Prospers thus the Dragon-weyr.

From the Weyr and from the Bowl
Bronze and Brown and Blue and Green,
Rise the dragonmen of Pern,
Aloft, on wing, seen, then unseen.
Dragonman avoid excess
Greed will bring the Weyr distress;
To the ancient Laws adhere,
Prospers thus the Dragon-weyr.

From the Weyr and from the Bowl
Bronze and Brown and Blue and Green,
Rise the dragonmen of Pern,
Aloft, on wing, seen, then unseen.
Dragonman avoid excess
Greed will bring the Weyr distress;
To the ancient Laws adhere,
Prospers thus the Dragon-weyr.